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Where does “Wurzelgewebe” come from?

Wurzelgewebe (German) comes from German Gewebe, from German weben, from Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

Wurzelgewebe (German): root tissue

Definitions

  1. root tissue

Ancestry of “Wurzelgewebe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGewebefabric , cloth, tissue, stuff, weave, mesh;...
2Germanwebento weave; to intertwine
3Middle High Germanweben—
4Old High Germanwebanto weave
5Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
6Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
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